Statistical study of death episodes due to gastroenteritis in Jamaica, 1963-1967

The number of deaths caused by gastroenteritis rather than the notification of the illness is a more readily available index of the incidence of this disease in Jamaica. In order to examine the pattern of gastroenteritis with respect to its seasonal incidence data on a monthly or other cyclic basis. However, in the absence of such incidence figures for Jamaica, in this paper we have used the figures for deaths from gastroenteritis to determine the monthly incidence of disease in Jamaican children up to five years of age during the period 1963-1967(AU)